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Subtitle varies: 1. sér., Bibliographie générale des Pays-Bas, par le bibliothécaire en chef et les conservateurs de la bibliothèque de l'Université de Gand. 2. sér., Bibliographie générale des Pays-Bas, fondée par Ferd. van der Haeghen et publiée sous sa direction

Editors: 1880-1912, F. van der Haeghen (with T. J. I. Arnold (until 1889?) R. van den Berghe, and (from 1900) V. van der Haeghen and A. Roersch) - 1913-1914, V. van der Haeghen, R. van den Berghe and A. Roersch. - 1921-19 A. Roersch and P. Bergmans

Designed to include all books printed in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries and the principal ones since, books published abroad by Belgian or Dutch authors, those about the Netherlands or printed by printers from the Netherlands

Issued in parts: 1. sér., livr. 1-104, 1880-91; 2. sér., livr. 105-200, 1891-1924. In the Library of Congress set, livr. 198/200, originally issued in 1924, is the "2. tirage, en fac-similé, 1929." A third series is in progress

Printed on one side of leaf only

Each series is arranged alphabetically by author, giving full descriptions of his works usually with a biography and list of works about the author. The works of the following occupy one or more vols.: D. v. Coornhert (1st ser., v. 6) J. Lipsius (1st ser., v. 15-18) F. Coster (2d ser., v. 3-4) D. Erasmus (2d ser., v. 6-14)

A chronological list of the "Concours imprimés" of the Chambers of rhetoric and dramatic societies in the Netherlands to the end of the 18th cent. are included in 2d ser., v. 2

Historical, biographical and bibliographical information about 16th century protestant martyrs of the Netherlands is given in 1st ser., v. 19

"Marques typographiques des imprimeurs et libraires qui ont exercé dans les Pays-Bas, et ... des imprimeurs et libraires belges établis à l'étranger": 2d ser., v. 18-19

The last volume of each series contains an alphabetic index, a chronological index and an index of printers

Covers of the livaaisons of the first and second series are bound in 1 vol

Imperfect: title-pages of 1. and 2. sér. lacking; 1. sér., v. 27 and sér. 2 incomplete

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